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To the blog for Business Archives in Scotland. We will be sharing news business archive collections in Scotland, the National Strategy for Business Archives in Scotland and other related items of interest.

The website for Business Archives in Scotland is here. This contains resources, case studies and information about the benefits of business archives.

The Strategy

The National Strategy for Business Archives in Scotland is available to read here

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Data Mapping Project

The data mapping project aimed to create a single consistent and clarified dataset for business archive collections in Scotland that provides improved and flexible information for creators, custodians and users of business archives.

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Sometimes business archives can tell a story of huge national importance. The records of the Company of Scotland are such a collection and were one of the first ten archival collections placed on UNESCO’s UK Memory of the World Register in 2010.

The John Murray archive is a treasure trove of over 200 years of the firm's publishing history as well as containing information about 7 generations of the Murray family. It contains stories of travel, adventure, passion and much more.

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The case study describes how the business archive collection is used by a wide variety of researchers through the NLS' events, talks, online activities and education/outreach programs and demonstrates that business papers are essential and integral to understanding authors.

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

The conference is titled "A half and a hauf" - a celebration of the links between brewing and
distilling in Scotland. The programme
can be viewed online along with a booking form and methods of payment here.

After the presentations delegates will have an opportunity to participate in a tutored
whisky and beer tasting and to chat with the speakers and SBAA committee members over
lunch.

The event will be held in the
Teachers Building, St Enoch Square, Glasgow on 7th September 2012 and is open to anyone interested in the Scottish
brewing and distilling scene: beer and whisky enthusiasts, collectors, members of the
industry, historians, students studying brewing and marketing, etc.
Read more...

Thursday, 12 July 2012

Thanks to an article in this month's ARC magazine I've discovered the YouTube channel for Eni, an Italian energy company. They say that:

The history of eni has not only been told in print, but has also been captured on film, hundreds of thousands of feet shot by filmmakers and intellectuals such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Alessandro Blasetti, Folco Quilici, Gilbert Bovay and Leonardo Sciascia, to name but a few.

Eni’s film department operated from the 50s until the mid-80s, and produced authentic works of cinematic art, but mostly documented the history of the twentieth century Italy, and giving us today a complete picture of the years that radically changed the country, both within and beyond its borders.